PRINTER'S NO. 2056
No. 1654 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY BELARDI, CAWLEY AND STABACK, JUNE 11, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, JUNE 11, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 14, 1937 (P.L.313, No.87), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act to enable cities of the first, second,
3 and second class A, incorporated towns, boroughs, and
4 townships, to govern and regulate by ordinance the
5 construction, alteration, repairs, occupation, maintenance,
6 sanitation, lighting, ventilation, water supply, toilet
7 facilities, drainage, use and inspection of all buildings and
8 housing and land appurtenant thereto; providing for the
9 enforcement of such ordinances; and repealing existing laws,"
10 providing for property maintenance ordinances in cities of
11 the second class A and for fines and penalties.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. The act of April 14, 1937 (P.L.313, No.87),
15 entitled, as amended, "An act to enable cities of the first,
16 second, and second class A, incorporated towns, boroughs, and
17 townships, to govern and regulate by ordinance the construction,
18 alteration, repairs, occupation, maintenance, sanitation,
19 lighting, ventilation, water supply, toilet facilities,
20 drainage, use and inspection of all buildings and housing and
21 land appurtenant thereto; providing for the enforcement of such
22 ordinances; and repealing existing laws," is amended by adding a
1 section to read:
2 Section 2.1. Cities of the second class A may impose
3 property maintenance ordinances and any standard or nationally
4 recognized property maintenance code. The property maintenance
5 ordinance may provide penalties of fine not exceeding one per
6 month and limited to no more than one thousand dollars ($1,000)
7 for the first two violations of the same subsection of such
8 ordinance and not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for
9 the third and any subsequent violation of the same subsection of
10 such ordinance.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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